[Rex in OTZ]

accidently dropping a 20ga down the bore of a 12 ga and sombody unwittingly shoots a 12 ga round.

Don't mix 12 and 20 Gauge Ammunition - YouTube

Don't mix 12 and 20 Gauge Ammunition - YouTube

[trapgunsmith77]

yes it goes boom

[canebrake]

[Slugo]

another example...

[Blueguns]

Why would anyone to that to such a beautiful gun??!!!

[kfox75]

Originally Posted by Blueguns

Why would anyone to that to such a beautiful gun??!!!

Probably not paying attention when they grabbed the ammo box, or when they put the unused shells back in the box. Unfortunately, this happens more often than most people think. I used to shoot trap with a guy who had 12 and 20 gauge barrel sets for his Citori. One day, he didn't check the remaining shells in his holder (there were 3 20 ga. shells in it), and he dumped in the 12s he was going to use that day. He almost made it through the first 25 before one of the 20s made it into the upper barrel. Needless to say, he caught the bird with the lower after hearing a click, opened the shotgun, pulled the lower barel's hull, and reloaded both. He is VERY lucky that he is not dead or in need of someone else to put his zipper up and down to say the least. He donated the shotgun to one of the local hunter safety teachers as a visual aid. Now, if he hears a click from a loaded chamber, he double checks it BEFORE reloading the weapon, and after following hang\misfire procedures.

This was one of three times in 25 years of shooting that I have seen this happen. In all three cases, the shooter was not a newb. All were shooters with over a decade of experience. Just goes to show that it can happen to anybody. This is also why I keep my 20s and 12s in completely seperate cabinets, less chance of grabbing the wrong box.

[Blueguns]

Originally Posted by kfox75

Probably not paying attention when they grabbed the ammo box, or when they put the unused shells back in the box. Unfortunately, this happens more often than most people think. I used to shoot trap with a guy who had 12 and 20 gauge barrel sets for his Citori. One day, he didn't check the remaining shells in his holder (there were 3 20 ga. shells in it), and he dumped in the 12s he was going to use that day. He almost made it through the first 25 before one of the 20s made it into the upper barrel. Needless to say, he caught the bird with the lower after hearing a click, opened the shotgun, pulled the lower barel's hull, and reloaded both. He is VERY lucky that he is not dead or in need of someone else to put his zipper up and down to say the least. He donated the shotgun to one of the local hunter safety teachers as a visual aid. Now, if he hears a click from a loaded chamber, he double checks it BEFORE reloading the weapon, and after following hang\misfire procedures.

This was one of three times in 25 years of shooting that I have seen this happen. In all three cases, the shooter was not a newb. All were shooters with over a decade of experience. Just goes to show that it can happen to anybody. This is also why I keep my 20s and 12s in completely seperate cabinets, less chance of grabbing the wrong box.

Yeah I can see that happen. It almost happened to me once dove hunting. Well not quite almost, I just about to put a yellow shell in my 12 ga before I realized it was indeed yellow.

That day I was shooting my 12ga, and had loaned out the 20ga, so I had both types of ammo. I guess it's a good think I kept them in separate pockets.

If I ever had a shotgun as nice as the pictured one, I'd triple check my ammo.

[kfox75]

Originally Posted by Blueguns

Yeah I can see that happen. It almost happened to me once dove hunting. Well not quite almost, I just about to put a yellow shell in my 12 ga before I realized it was indeed yellow.

That day I was shooting my 12ga, and had loaned out the 20ga, so I had both types of ammo. I guess it's a good think I kept them in separate pockets.

If I ever had a shotgun as nice as the pictured one, I'd triple check my ammo.

Like I said, it happens more often than we think. Last turkey season, I did a similar thing ^ with one of grandad's old doubles. Just sat down in the ground blind, pulled out 2 shells in the dark, and dropped 'em in. The one in the right chamber sounded right, the left one sounded wrong. Stuck my finger into the left chamber and thought, "Something just ain't right with this picture". Turned on the flashlight and looked in, and there was a shell inside the barrel. I unloaded the right chamber, and pointed the muzzels up, and a yellow shell fell out into my hand. It turned out that a friend of mine put a 20 ga. #4 shell into my box of 12 ga. 2 3\4 turkey loads by accident while we were paterning our turkey guns a week earlier. I didn't give him a major azz chewing, but he does triple check what box he puts shells into now. I'm just glad it happened to me, he might have put another shell in and let 'er rip. A 20 12 stacker is something my dad warned me about when I first started shooting, and that was as close as I ever want to be to having one. Especially with granpa's old Steven's Springfield. That's one that I can;t replace.

[Virginian]

Yes it can happen. However, I have also seen two or three videos using 870s and 500s dropping a 20 gauge round in the barrel and then firing a 12 gauge round, trying to get it to happen, and it didn't. And they were not using wimp rounds either. In any event I have seen two guns blow up and experienced one ruptured barrel personally and I don't want to test any of my guns so I strive to keep to one gauge per outing, and make sure I physically look at all the shells somewhere in the process.

[Slugo]

show's you the mindset of many 870 and 500 owners...